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MIGUEL ALEJANDRO MONTES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 31, 1950 – April 18, 1971
Service recordMiguel Alejandro Montes, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 133
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 133
- ALLEN JACQUES DUROYPrivate First Class · April 18, 1971
- HERNANDEZ ANTONIO QUILESSpecialist Four · April 18, 1971
- JOHNNY SAXONCorporal · April 18, 1971
- GABRIEL LAWRENCE TWOEAGLEPrivate · April 18, 1971
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.